Scroll down to the System DB Monitoring and Administration section and click Manage database backups under Administration.

On the bottom right of the page, click Create Backup.

Select your Backup Type and Destination Type. You may also change the Backup Prefix and Backup Destination. By default the values for Backup Prefix and Backup Destination are <date>_<time> and /usr/sap/<sid>/HDB90/backup/data/SYSTEMDB/.

Click Back Up to create your backup.

A new page will open with a progress bar. Creating your backup will take a few minutes.

Once the backup is complete, a new page will show your successful backup. Two files are created: <backup_prefix>_databackup_0_1 and <backup_prefix>_databackup_1_1.

If this is your first backup, under the Overview tab, click back up now. If this is not your first backup, click the Open Backup Wizard icon by Status of Currently Active Data Backup.

The backup window opens.

Choose your Backup Type and Destination Type as necessary. By default, the values are Complete Data Backup and File.

Choose your Backup Destination and Backup Prefix. This will be where your files are stored and what they will be called. By default, the values are /usr/sap/<sid>/HDB<instance_number>/backup/data/SYSTEMDB and COMPLETE_DATA_BACKUP.

When you are finished, click Next >.

Review your backup settings and click Finish to begin creating your backup. Creating your backup will take a few minutes.

Option 3: SQL and Command Line

In SAP HANA Studio or another connected SQL command line, create a backup user and grant it backup permissions.

This creates the user backup_operator with the given password and tells the system to not require a password change upon first login. It gives also gives backup_operator permission to make backups. You will be using this user to only create backups so logging in for each backup is not required. You only need to do this once.